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Most employers of apprentices plan to maintain or increase the number they employ this year
A revealing survey conducted by The Open University and in partnership with The 5% Club* shows that most employers, almost 9 in 10, who have employed apprentices plan to maintain or increase the number they take on in the next 12 months. The figures are a result of a new survey, carried out by YouGov […]
New space agency funding could make lunar living a reality
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded funding to The Open University space academics to develop a ground-breaking new technology that could one day enable us to build on the Moon using lunar soil. The project has been led by Dr Sungwoo Lim and his colleagues Professor Mahesh Anand, Dr Andrew Morse and Dr James […]
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Beijing Olympics: Why Pakistan is sending one athlete and eight ministers to the winter Games
By Dr Filippo Boni, Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at The Open University There may be a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics by a number of western countries, including Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, but Pakistan is sending a high level delegation. The prime minister, Imran Khan, and […]
Asteroid sharing Earth’s orbit discovered – could it help future space missions?
David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences at The Open University writes for The Conversation about the asteroids that share Earth’s orbit. Research has shown that the Earth trails an asteroid barely a kilometre across in its orbit about the Sun – only the second such body to have ever been spotted. It goes round the […]
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OU/BBC co-pro reveals the fiercely competitive world of elite figure skating
A fascinating look into the competitive world of figure skating comes to our screens this weekend, on the newly re-launched BBC Three. Freeze: Skating on the Edge, is an Open University/BBC co-production that follows young athletes from across Britain over the course of a year, as they battle through skate-offs, qualifiers and international competitions to […]
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Midlife MOT tips on wealth, work and wellbeing – you won’t want to miss it!
The Open University has teamed up with Legal & General to provide a Midlife MOT course for people in the 40-60-year age range covering the key subject areas of wealth, work and wellbeing. The free course is hosted on OpenLearn, and spread over four hours. It shows people how to get their personal finances in […]
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New to the OU? Top tips from fellow students
Starting a new qualification can be daunting – whether you’re new to higher education or a seasoned lifelong learner. From battling nerves to learning how to squeeze in study around the rest of your life, there’s a lot to think about. Thankfully, you have a whole community of brilliant OU students who know exactly what […]
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OU wins UK Space Agency funding to grow regional space activity
The Open University (OU) is one of 10 organisations to be given a boost from UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) regional funding package. The funding comes after the Government published its landmark Levelling Up White Paper, exploring how new policy interventions can improve opportunity and boost livelihoods across the country as we recover from the pandemic. […]
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Local MP meets with TreeView Research Team at Milton Keynes campus
Ben Everitt MP visited The Open University campus in Milton Keynes to meet with the STEM academic team behind TreeView. As MP for Milton Keynes North, the OU campus is located within Mr Everitt’s constituency and he met with academics to discuss the TreeView project in more depth last week (28 January). TreeView aims to […]
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New study finds some flowers unchanged for 100 million years
An international research team has discovered 100-million-year-old fossil flowers preserved in amber, showing that some flowers found living today in South Africa have remained unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs. The flowers, discovered by experts from The Open University, Qingdao University, and others, are nearly identical to those of modern Phylica species, which are […]
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